The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings

Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings

Olaudah Equiano with Vincent Carretta

355 pages first pub 1789 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the first slave narrative to attract a significant readership -- reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of o...

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Moods

informative 72%
reflective 60%
challenging 52%
adventurous 45%
dark 43%
sad 40%
emotional 30%
inspiring 21%
hopeful 16%
tense 12%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 36%
fast 5%

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3.41

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